School curriculum that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians.
EDWARD ALBEEYour source material is the people you know, not those you don’t know, but every character is an extension of the author’s own personality.
More Edward Albee Quotes
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Audiences and, to a large extent, critics who want less from theater than it is possible for it to give. If everybody’s encouraged to want less, you’ll end up with less.
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All serious art is being destroyed by commerce. Most people don’t want art to be disturbing. They want it to be escapist. I don’t think art should be escapist. That’s a waste of time.
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Maybe it’s a little more pertinent now since the whole concept of evolution is being questioned by the know-nothing Republican right. Yes, maybe the play’s a little more pertinent now.
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Martha: Oh, I like your anger. I think that’s what I like about you most. Your anger.
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Art has an obligation to offend.
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The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn’t matter.
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If you have no wounds, how can you know if you’re alive?
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What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.
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Being different is interesting; there’s nothing implicitly inferior or superior about it. Great difference, of course, produces natural caution; and if the differences are too extreme well, then, reality tends to fade away.
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Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.
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If you’re willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.
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Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.
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Remember one thing about democracy. We can have anything we want and at the same time, we always end up with exactly what we deserve.
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In a democracy you cannot stop public access to that art that will most misinform the people. You cannot stop people from being misinformed. But what you can do is to educate the people to the point that they will throw the rascals out.
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Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen.
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